New tactics to always stay relevant in digital advertising are revealed in this presentation. Learn how to take your paid search expertise and spin it into social advertising for more syndication.
The Journey from Search to Social: Marrying Paid Search with Social Advertising
1. The Journey from Search to Social:
Marrying Paid Search with
Social Advertising
2. About Me
Sahil Jain, CEO and Co-founder of AdStage,
@sahilio
• Co-founded first company, YC & SV Angel
backed, Trigger.io at 20
• Dropped out of UC Berkeley to join AOL Corp
Dev. at 19
• Dropped out of High School to join Yahoo!
Mobile at 17 and worked in the professional
video game industry before that
3. About AdStage
Manage ad campaigns across Google, Bing, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
14 day free trial
4. Today’s Agenda
• The reality of paid search
• The future of online advertising
• Comparing search and social advertising
• How to amplify your paid search campaigns with social
• Setting up targeting on social networks
5. The Reality of Paid Search
2016
Display Will
Surpass Search
Spend by > 10%
6. The Future of Online Advertising
2016
Social Media Will
Surpass Paid
Search Spend
7. Time Spent Per Day on Social Media
41
MIN
21
MIN
21
MIN
10
MIN
17
MIN
17
MIN
Source: eMarketer, November 2014
8. Reach and Scale
Updated: March 2016
1.59B
USERS
400M
USERS
100M
USERS
414M
USERS
302M
USERS
100M
USERS
9. Aligning advertising efforts to
optimize paid search campaigns,
outside of AdWords
Integrating Social with Paid Search
10. Paid Search Versus Social Ads
SEARCH SOCIAL
Delivers clicks, exactly what you pay for Delivers brand recognition and free traffic
Shows relevant intent-based content Provides content discovery via articles or videos
Drives direct response based on a user’s query Drives long term engagement
Triggers purchases for promotions Triggers purchases for visual product categories
Targets keywords Targets people/personas
30. Targeting Capabilities Across Social Networks
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
1.59 Billion Users 302 Million Users 414 Million Users
Interest, behavior, and
demographic targeting
Interest, keyword, handle, and
demographic targeting
Company, job title, skills, and
demographic targeting targeting
Lookalike audiences Similar user targeting N/A
Custom audiences Tailored Audiences N/A
31. Ad Specs for Social Creatives
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Up to 45 minute videos Up to 10 minute videos YouTube video URLs
1.9:1 ratio for Link Ads
(1200x628 recommended)
2:1 to 1:1 ratio for Promoted Tweets
(1200x628 recommended)
1.91:1 ratio for Sponsored Updates
(1200x627 recommended)
Lead ads Lead gen cards N/A
36. What You Can Do Today
• Create your ad accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
• Create your ideal persona targeting for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
• Upload a list of existing customer email addresses to Facebook and Twitter
• Ensure you have the recommended image sizes for your social ads
• Create your first campaign on a social network